Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding', 'Introduction to German Philosophy' and 'At the Existentialist Caf'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

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Later phenomenologists tried hard to incorporate social relationships [Bakewell]

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Phenomenology begins from the immediate, rather than from axioms and theories [Bakewell]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

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Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Understanding is seeing coherent relationships in the relevant information [Kvanvig]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

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Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

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Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie]